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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 年前That’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 年前The article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter during winter.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前I’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前So what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Night? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前So we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Hydroelectric is great where it is available, but it’s again limited by landscape and other factors in use
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I’m just talking about winter vs summer capacity in desert solar installations.
That’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.
The article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter during winter.
I’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.
So what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
Night? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
So we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…
Hydroelectric is great where it is available, but it’s again limited by landscape and other factors in use
I’m just talking about winter vs summer capacity in desert solar installations.